2024 WAEC AGRICULTURE: 2024 WAEC GCE 2ND SERIES AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE (Agric) Questions and ANSWERS (6065)

(1a)
TABULATE

-FREEHOLD-
(i) It is not paid for
(ii) It can be used to cultivate any type of crops
(iii) There is total freedom
(iv) It cannot be collected

-LEASEHOLD-
(i) It is paid for
(ii) It cannot be used to cultivate any type of crops
(iii) There is no total freedom
(iv) It can be collected

(1b)
(i) To create employment opportunities
(ii) To increase production rate in livestock
(iii) To educate farmers

(1c)
(i) Inadequate fund
(ii) Illiteracy
(iii) Religious belief
(iv) Problem of land tenure system
(v) Inadequate technical know-how
(vi) Inadequate good transport network

(1d)
(i) Do not use when it is windy
(ii) Use protection clothing when spraying
(iii) Do not smoke, eat or drink when spraying
(iv) Do not spray against wind direction
(v) Never blow to clear the blocked nozzle with the mouth

(2ai)
Soil profile
(i) It enables proper farm planning
(ii) It enables the farmer to know the type of soil to plant
(iii) It enables to know the kind of building to erect on the soil
(iv) It enables the prediction of soil fertility

(2aii)
soil texture
(i) It determines soil characteristics
(ii) It gives the percentage of soil particles
(iii) It determines the rate at which water in drain in the soil
(iv) It tells the level of aeration in the soil

(2b)
(i) Forest is covered majorly by tress, shrubs and grasses while pasture is covered majorly by grasses

(2bii)
(i)Mixed farming system
(ii)Mixed cropping
(iii)Pastoral farming
(iv)Control grazing

(2biii)
(i)They contains fossils
(ii)They are in layers or strata
(iii) They are soft
(iv) They are not glassy in appearance

(3a)

(3b)
(i) It ensures continuous supply of carbon to living organisms
(ii) It creates fuel
(iii) It ensures continuous supply of hydrogen to living organisms

(3c)
(i)Silos
(ii)Barn
(iii)Bags
(iv)Sacks

(3d)
(i) It affects growth of poultry birds
(ii) It reduces their reproduction rate
(iii)It cause loss in egg production
(iv)It breaks feathers and shafts of poultry birds

(4a)
(i)soil structure is improved
(ii)Microbes Thrive enables them to make nutrients available for plants
(iii)Sustainable and Environmentally Friendly
(iv)Reduce Fertilizers and Pesticides
(v)Plant Damage Threat Avoided
(vi)They improve water movement into the soil and, in time, add structure to the soil.

(4b)

(4ci)
Ornamental plants are plants that are grown for decorative purposes in gardens and landscape design projects, as houseplants, cut flowers and specimen display. In other words The cultivation of ornamental plants comes under floriculture and tree nurseries, which is a major branch of horticulture

(4cii)
(i)Fertilizing
(ii)watering
(iii)Stabilizing
(iv)Mulching

(5ai)
Marek's disease

(5aii)
Virus

(5aiii)
(i)Unhygienic Environment
(ii)Poor feeding
(iii)Inadequate balanced ration

(5aiv)
(i) Regular vaccination
(ii) Giving of balanced ration
(iii) Isolation of infected birds

(5bi)
(i) Bile production
(ii) Excretion
(iii) Production of hormones

(5bii)
(i) Excretion
(ii) Control of water levels
(iii) Regulation of salt concentration

(5c)
(i)It causes flower shed
(ii)It causes sterility increase
(iii)It reduces fruit set in all crops
(iv)It cause lodging of crops leading to heavy loss